OPINION? Everybody Has One!!

— So go ahead, hang me from that tall oak tree.

I’ve been forgetful before but never this bad and I deserve to be brow beat and shin kicked. Did you ever forget to close a gate or turn the water off in the barn? I am guilty of that, too. Yeah, I know, some things are far worse.

Something like forgetting to say anything about certain folk’s birthday is a deadly sin and I am certainly sorry!

(Editor’s Note: We thought we’d get a confession from Bill because we didn’t get a column last week. Alas, we’ll never know. We do know that many of you reported you asked, Where’s Bill?)

The dang hay season is probably the culprit that erased all the important stuff from my mind. The male offspring had nothing but trouble this year.

We finally got some of the bales wrapped up but the smell of success evaded us! Offspring number one disturbed a skunk and we have all been suffering with him!

The river has risen to overflowing in lots of places in our area. Not here, but close by, and yet the heat dries the ground and grass starts looking pretty droopy.

I know the rock content of the ground on our place is mostly rock and I know how the water runs in and runs out in a hurry.

We have one place in the bull pasture that stays soggy almost year round but do we have a good spring? Not on your life. Our neighbor to the west and the one on the south both have gurgling springs. Their little springs afford them much pleasure and they have both done lots of work to make the area inviting. Patioswith fancy grills, big comfortable lounge furniture and one even has a little kitchen area all roofed in.

You would think just having the spring would be enough.

We have been invited to a little get together down by the spring tomorrow night.

I figure it will be OK to go and see how the other half live. My close relative has been shopping to get the appropriate clothing to wear to this little shindig.

She has purchased sandals twice, returned them twice and has a shopping trip planned for early in the morning.

You have never seen me in a short sleeved shirt and I am bound and determined not to wear that silly thing she, my close relative, purchased for me. It is lime green, has big bring leaves and ever so often there is a lizard hanging on the limb! Oh, and don’t ignore the big red blossom that is dew kissed! Yes, she expects me to don that and show up in front of people who know me! Not gonna happen and I will be in the dog house again. That’s OK because I am used to it!

It is my opinion, and everyone has one, things can get worse but I sure hope they don’t! The hay truck is shot, the baler needs trading in and my banker has almost quit smiling at me. He still speaks but you can tell it is with clenched teeth. I don’t have a spring, my memory is bad and if I don’t behave myself over the sandal bill I will be sorry for a long time!

Tune in next week for a recap of the shindig down by the spring! If I can remember!

-Bill

Bill is the pen name used by the Gravette author of this weekly column

Opinion, Pages 4 on 06/23/2010